江苏省泰兴市黄桥中学高三英语上学期第二次月考牛津版【会员独享】

江苏省泰兴市黄桥中学2011-2012学年度高三年级上学期第二次月考
英语试卷
第Ⅰ卷（全卷共计150分。

考试时间为120分钟。

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第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1．Why did he woman call the man?
A．She didn’t know how to use the oven.
B．She wanted her washing machine to be fixed.
C．There was something wrong with the oven.
2．Where are the two speakers?
A．In a plane. B．At the airport. C．At the railway station. 3．What to we learn about Maria?
A．Maria likes collecting postcards. B．Maria has traveled all over the world.
C．Maria is going to visit Hawaii.
4．Why COULDN’T the woman give the man some help?
A．She is quite busy fight now. B．She doesn’t like grammar at all.
C．She is poor in grammar, too.
5．Why does the man say so?
A．He himself doesn’t like country music at all.
B．He thinks many people enjoy country music.
C．He feels bored with anything.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。

6．Where is the man’s red tie?
A．In the jewelry box. B．In the top drawer. C．On the dresser. 7．How much time do they have before the play starts?
A．One hour. B．One hour and fifteen minutes. C．Forty-five minutes.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。

8．What’s Mr. Prince’s telephone number?
A．6862-1427 extension 4063. B．6826-2714 extension 4306.
C．6826-1427 extension 4306.
9．When can Mr. Carson ring Mr. Prince according to the woman?
A．In the morning. B．After lunch. C．It is not mentioned.
听下面一段对话，回答第10和第12题。

10．What should a home above all be like for most people?
A．It should be comfortable. B．It should be clean. C．It should be in order.
11．How can a man feel really “at home”?
A．To create a cozy atmosphere. B．To be a do – it – yourselfer.
C．To make a special decoration.
12．Which statement is TRUE according to the conversation?
A．Americans have special bathrooms. B．Americans have more bathrooms.
C．Americans want to have cozy bathrooms.
听下面一段对话，回答第13和第16题。

13．Where is the woman most probably staying?
A．At school. B．At home. C．In the street.
14．On which channel did Linda watch a movie?
A．Channel 8. B．Channel 17. C．Channel 18.
15．What did the woman do after watching a movie?
A．Slept. B．Listened to music. C．Did her homework. 16．How was the coverage of the bank robbery?
A．Disappointing. B．Exciting. C．Lifeless （无趣的）.
听下面一段独白，回答第13和第16题。

17．Which part of Japan was struck by the earthquake?
A．The north – east coast. B．The south – west coast. C．The north –west coast.
18．How many people were dead till March 17th 2011?
A．1900. B．5178. C．8608.
19．Who have moved from their hometown according to the text?
A．People in Sendai（仙台市）. B．People in Miyagi（宫城）.
C．People in Fukushima（福岛）.
20．What’s the speed of the tsunami （海啸）before hitting Hawaii and the US West Coast?
A．400km/h. B．800km/h. C．1, 900km/h.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. If I were in _______ position of the mayor, I wouldn’t allow _______factory like this standing on the bank of the Yangtze River.
A. the；a
B. the；不填
C. a；the
D. \；the
22. —Hasn’t the thief admitted his crime by now?
— No, ______ questioned many times.
A. if
B. though
C. unless
D. once
23. As the storm drew nearer, black clouds were ______ over the sky.
A. smoothing
B. disappearing
C. gathering
D. picking
24. —Jenny is always ______ for appointments. Why is she late today?
— She might have got trapped in a traffic jam in the rush hour.
A. patient
B. grateful
C. punctual
D. available
25. —Don’t forget to phone me when you get home. Just to let me know you’ve arrived safely.
—I won’t forget. Good-bye then.
— ____.
A. With pleasure
B. It’s kind of you
C. Don’t mention it
D. Have a nice trip
26. — Why didn’t you chat with that friendly foreigner just now?
— I’d like to, but the trouble was _______ he said was difficult for me to understand.
A. what which
B. that what
C. that that
D. what that
27. If I have any further news, you will be the first person ______.
A. to know
B. known
C. knowing
D. knew
28. The course normally attracts 20 students per year, _______ up to half will be from abroad.
A. in which
B. for whom
C. with which
D. of whom
29. — You didn’t wait for Elizabeth last night, did you?
— Yes, but we ______. She didn’t come at all.
A. don’t have to
B. needn’t have
C. need to
D. should have
30. She’s got the job because she h as the advantage ______ others of knowing many languages.
A. over
B. above
C. against
D. beyond
31. _______ I admit that there are problems, I don’t agree that they can not be solved.
A. While
B. As
C. Since
D. Unless
32. Only when ________ to explain ____ the reason for this.
A. did he start; she realized
B. he started; did she realize
C. did he start; she had realized
D. he started; had she realized
33. It was raining hard, but by the time the class was over, the rain _______.
A. had stopped
B. was stopping
C. stopped
D. would stop
34. — How can I use this washing machine?
— Well, just refer to the ________.
A. explanations
B. expressions
C. preparations
D. directions
35. Usually there might be a lot of accidents in the heavy fog. I happened to witness
_______ this morning.
A. it
B. those
C. one
D. that
第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

For a few years, I have been wearing a ring on my right hand. It’s not always the 36 ring, but it’s always a ring that has 37 on it so that when I look at it, I’m 38 or reminded of something important. I have made a 39 of buying rings like this whenever I see one in a store. Sometimes I give them away as 40 to someone like Jennie.
I first met Jennie in the 41 waiting room and we had talked several times. One night I sat down beside her and 42 how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very 43 condition. She told me that she didn’t know what to do any more because it seemed none of the 44 from the doctors was good. They weren’t at all sure her son was going to 45 the accident that had hurt him so badly. With
46 in her eyes she said, “They’re 47 my hope.”
I knew then that it was 48 just a coincidence that I was wearing the ring that I had on that day. As she 49 to talk, I 50 slipped the ring off my finger and placed it in Jennie’s hand. I told her to wear it to remember that God loved her and He would be with her 51 all of this. 52 Jennie looked down at the ring, she got excited and then held it tightly, 53 the word written on the ring was “HOPE”.
The last day I was at the hospital, I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift. She 54 and held up the hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying, “Look, I 55 have Hope!”
36．A．special B．expensive C．same D．valuable 37．A．words B．pictures C．names D．symbols 38．A．admired B．encouraged C．trusted D．puzzled 39．A．plan B．point C．list D．habit 40．A．gifts B．prizes C．awards D．thanks 41．A．railway B．school C．hospital D．airport 42．A．asked B．explained C．thought D．found 43．A．favorable B．normal C．serious D．excellent 44．A．advice B．news C．instructions D．comfort 45．A．defeat B．experience C．predict D．survive 46．A．apologies B．tears C．anger D．doubt 47．A．keeping up B．bringing down C．cutting off D．taking away 48．A．other than B．rather than C．more than D．les than 49．A．continued B．refused C．attempted D．started 50．A．cautiously B．quietly C．nervously D．shyly 51．A．over B．beyond C．through D．within 52．A．Until B．While C．Since D．When
53．A．for B．so C．yet D．and 54．A．shouted B．waved C．cheered D．hesitated 55．A．ever B．only C．still D．just
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A
Just 25 years ago, the top three career hopes for young people in Britain were teacher, banker and doctor. Now, they want to be sports star, pop star and actor, according to survey by the Guardian newspaper.
Rachel, a character in the popular TV show Glee, may be said to speak for British teenagers. “Nowadays being nobody is worse than being poor.” He said.
Emma Brockes, a reporter with the Guardian, believes it is “the bad influence of celebrity(名人) cul ture” that is to blame. “When children wanted to be doctor, it wasn’t because they were really more interested in the functions of human organs than they are now; you go where the respect is.” She wrote.
It could explain why there has been such an increase in levels of anxiety and depression. Dr Carlo Stranger, of Tel Aviv University, studied the sense of self for
his new book The Fear of Insignificance: Searching for Meaning in the 21st Century. He told the Daily Mail that young people now are “affected by the close connection to the global entertainment network, which has turned ranking and rating people according to wealth and celebrity into an obsession(痴迷).”
“As humans, we naturally measure ourselves to those around us, but now we live in a global vi llage. We are comparing ourselves with the most ‘important’ people in the world and finding ourselves wanting,” he said. Today, even high achievers constantly fear that they are insignificant when they compare themselves to success stories in the media.
The way out? Simply stop measuring your achievement through a fantasy of wealth and celebrity. Dr Strenger said that it is a process called “active self-acceptance through a constant search for self-knowledge through life.”
“The fear of insignificance can only be overcome through strong individual and cultural identity over and above measurable achievement,” he said. 56．Nowadays, young people in Britain want to .
A．choose jobs based on interests B．become famous
C．be teacher, banker and doctor D．earn more money
57．According to Emma Brockes, what causes the increasing level of anxiety?
A．Choices of future careers. B．Access to the global network.
C．Bad influences of celebrities. D．Endless comparison with others. 58．Which of the following is true of Dr Carlo Strenger?
A．He is a newspaper reporter. B．He is the spokesman of teenagers.
C．He tells success stories on TV. D．He is against ranking people with wealth. 59．Dr Carlo Strenger suggests that young people should .
A．seek active self-acceptance B．stick to their own dreams
C．make great achievements D．search for the secret of wealth 60．The text is mainly written to .
A．talk about job choices B．analyse a social phenomenon
C．encourage celebrity culture D．introduce three famous people
B
Heavy downpours last month in Rhode Island led to widespread flooding, causing millions of dollars in property damage and leaving thousands homeless. The flood waters also poured vast amounts of raw sewage(未经净化的污水) into the rivers and streams that flow into Narragansett Bay.
It sounds like the makings of an environmental nightmare. But in fact it’s just the opposite. To scientists’ delight. The sewage-loaded floodwaters have caused a well-timed growth of phytoplankton. The microscopic creatures that form the foundation of marine(海洋的) food chains. With more food available for fish. Clams and other sea creatures. The bay’s fisheries industry is expected to benefit.
In decades past. Narragansett Bay typically experienced a late winter early spring algal(海藻) bloom that fed creatures up and down the water column. But in recent years, the waters of Narragansen Bay warmed greatly, meriting this seasonal event.
Mark Berman, an oceanographer with the Nationa. Marine Fishertes Service. Said
the flood seemed to have sent the bay back in its normal state.
However, local, mutate and federal officials in Rhode Island leave been batting other algal blooms that, by contrast, are causing widespread harm to the Narragansett Bay ecosystem. During summer months, sewage and agricultural runnel flows into the bay. Causing large blooms. But inseam of becoming food for sea creatures, much of the phytoplankton is consumed by bacteria, which grow last in the warmer waters. The rapid bacteria growth leads to hypoxia decrease of oxygen in the water that can cause large fish tools. One such die-off occurred in 2003. when millions of oxygen-starved fish washed up on the belches of Narragansett Bay.
The flood’s positive impact will probably be a one-time event, Mr Berman said. Meanwhile efforts to curb the harmful summer honors continue; in 2003. for instance, Providence completed a $359 million sewage tonal under the city designated to reduce the polluted storm overflow into Narragansett Bay.
61．Scientists believe that the row sewage flowing into the bay will .
A．pollute the island’s environ mean B．cause lots of property damage
C．increase the fisheries production D．destroy the food chains in the bay
62．The potential benefit of fisherics industry rclics on the .
A．warm temperatures of the bay. B．growth of phytoplankton
C．large summer alga blooms D．consumption of oxygen by beaters 63．People struggle against the summer blooms because they will .
A．pollute the local natural environment B．increase the prcducmon of fishery industry
C．cause large fish kills of the bay indirectly D．provide too much food ior sea creatures
64．It can be inferred that .
A．money spent on the summer blooms has been wasted
B．the government is inverting to promote the local fisheries
C．research of accanology should he encouraged
D．she raw sewage impacts are currently con radiator
65．The underlined word “c u rb” in the last pass age can be defined as “”.
A．control B．consume C．cause D．cure
C
Motorists who used to listen to the radio or their favorite tunes on CDs may have a new way to entertain themselves,after engineers in Japan developed a musical road surface.
A team from the Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute has built a number of “melody roads,”which use cars as tuning forks(音叉)to play music as they travel.
The concept works by using grooves(凹槽).They are cut at very specific intervals in the road surface.The melody road uses the spaces between to create different notes.
Depending on how far apart the grooves are,a car moving over them will produce a series of high or low notes,and designers are able to create a distinct tune.
Paten documents for the design describe it as notches(刻痕)“formed in a road
surface so as to play a melody without producing simple sound or rhythm and reproduce melody-like tones”.
There are three musical strips in central and northern Japan—one of which plays
the tune of a Japanese pop song.Reports say the system was invented by Shizuo Shinoda.He scraped some markings into a road with a bulldozer(推土机)before driving
over them and found that they helped to produce all kinds of tones.
The optimal speed for melody road is 44kph,but people say it is not always easy
to ge the intended sound.
“You need to keep the car windows closed to hear well,”wrote one Japanese blogger.“Driving too fast will sound like playing fast forward,while driving around 12mph
［20km/h］has a slow-motion effect,making you almost car-sick.”
66.According to the passage,melody roads use to create different notes.
A.cars
B.grooves
C.spaces between intervals
D.bulldozers
67.We can learn from the passage that the highness of notes is depended on .
A.how far the grooves are
B.how big the grooves are
C.the number of the grooves
D.the speed of the car
68..The underlined word“optimal”in the passage might mean .
A.fastest
B.possible
C.best
D.suitable
69..In order to hear the music well,you have to .
A.drive very fast
B.drive slowly
C.open the windows wide
D.keep the windows closed
70.What’s the best title of the passage?
A.A New Type of Music
B.Melody Roads in Japan
C.A Musical Road Surface
D.A New Invention in Japan
D
Duck-billed platypuses cannot be real, can they? The duck-billed platypuses of eastern Australia are small, shy animals．This small mammal is such a strange creature
that when the first one arrived at the British Museum in London 1798, scientists thought that someone was playing a practical joke on them．
One cannot blame the scientists for having such a thought because it is definitely
one of nature's strangest creatures alive．It looks like an animal which has been
put together using various parts of different animals．It is a four-legged animal
with a tail like a beaver's, webbed feet and a duck's bill．It has no outer ears．What
is stranger still is the fact that it breastfeeds its young like all other mammals,
yet lays eggs like fish, reptiles and birds．It grows to about 47 centimeters in length
and weighs around 1．5 kilogrammes．
Male platypuses are poisonous．They have a pointy part on their hind ankles that connects to a poison bag in each leg．They mainly use these weapons in mating battles
with other males．However, if threatened, they will use them to attack their enemies．The platypus is native to Australia．There are thousands of them living in the
wet lands, lakes and rivers of eastern Australia and parts of Tasmania．It feeds on underwater animals such as shrimps, worms, frogs, snails and small fish．When a
platypus is underwater, it is almost deaf and blind．However, scientists have discovered that the animal can still find its food through a sense of smell and a sensitive sense of touch in the bill．The bill, in fact, has sensors which can detect the smallest electrical charge sent out by the movement of prey．This explains why the strange creature has the strangest habit of eating ordinary flashlight batteries．71．Why did the scientists think they were being made fun of?
A．The animal they saw was too small and shy．
B．The animal had traveled all the way from Australia．
C．The animal looked too strange to be real．
D．The British Museum had been charged too much money．
72．Paragraph 2 mainly tells us about the platypus' ______．
A．strange features B．unique appearance
C．way of feeding its young D．usual size and weight
73．In what way is the male platypus' weapon dangerous to its enemies?
A．It's as sharp as a knife．B．It's on the powerful hind ankles．
C．It attacks at all times．D．It can send out poison．
74．The platypus partly relies on its ______ to find food under the water．A．eyes B．ears C．nose D．legs
75．The platypus eats flashlight batteries because ______．
A．they send out electrical charge B．they taste delicious to it
C．they look like swimming frogs D．they provide energy for it
第II卷（共35分）
第四部分书面表达(共两节，满分35分)
第一节阅读表达（共5小题, 满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，并根据文章后的要求答题。

（请注意问题后的词数要求）
Some expressions have made a jump from sports events to everyday life. One such expression is fall guy. A fall guy is the person who someone decides will be the loser
The first fall guys were men who wrestled for money. At the end of the 19th century, wrestling was a very popular sport in the United States. Wrestling competitions were held not only in big cities but also at country fairs and traveling shows. However, as the sport became more popular, it became less and less of a sport, as many of the matches were operated. The wrestlers knew—before the match—which one of them would
The goal in wrestling is to hold the shoulders of your opponent down against the floor. This is called a fall. Sometimes, one of the wrestlers would be paid before
the match to take the fall. He would agree —
Today, a fall guy is anyone who is tricked into taking the blame for the crime or wrongdoing of someone else. There are fall guys in many situations—people who publicly take the blam
A fall guy takes the rap for something wrong or illegal. He accepts responsibility and punishment for what someone else did. He may have something to do with the situation, but is not the person who should be blamed.
The word rap has meant blame for several hundred years. The expression to take the rap was first used about one hundred years ago. Another similar expression is bum rap. A person receives a bum rap if he is found guilty of a crime but is really
76. What is the main idea of the passage ？
77. Please complete the sentence according to the meaning of the original one of the passage.(within 6
As wrestling gained in popularity, it became less like a sport because the winners of the matches were ________________
78. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (no more than 8
79. What does it mean if someone receives a bum rap? (no more than 15 words)
80. What does the word “them” (line 5, paragraph 2 ) probably refer to? (no more than 3 words)
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是高三学生李华，在毕业前的一堂英语课上，英语老师要求你们每人做一个简短
的演讲，请你根据以下提示用英语写一篇演讲稿。

1．最难忘的一次经历；
2．所取得的优异成绩；
3．你对未来的展望。

注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；
3．开头和结尾已给出；不计入总词数。

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I’m glad to make a speech here.
Thank you for listening!
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